Mr Attorney : The Attorney General for Ontario in Court, Cabinet, and Legislature 1791-1899 / Paul Romney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romney, Paul, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--Ontario--History.

Justice, Administration of.

Attorneys general--Ontario--History.

Attorneys general.

Ontario--Politics and government.

Ontario.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In early Upper Canada the attorney general was little more than a skilled functionary -- the Crown's chief legal counsel; by the mid-19th century he had become a leading member of cabinet and generally premier. Mr Attorney is the story of this transformation and many other aspects of the attorney general's role in 19th-century Ontario.

Contents:

Cover; FOREWORD; PREFACE; Introduction; 1 King Lear's Fool; 2 The Rewards of Office; 3 A Question of Confidence; 4 Responsibility and Independence; 5 The Public Peace; 6 In Right of Ontario; 7 Minister of Justice; Conclusion: Law and the Constitution; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

"Reprinted in 2018"--Title page verso.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-8020-7

OCLC:

1121055769